Bluffton University

Internships and activities

Students in the business studies department have many opportunities for hands-on experience. Through Bluffton's marketing classes, students research actual companies, develop and present marketing plans to business owners. Students also have the opportunity to get involved on campus with student organizations that offer experiential learning. 

 

Internships

Roughly half of business students complete an internship by the time they graduate. Bluffton has partnered with the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) to support local businesses and provide opportunities for Bluffton students. In the past two years, students have completed internships with a variety of organizations - large, small, nonprofit, for-profit, governmental or civic, - including: 

ADP American Red Cross Auto-Owners Insurance Avon Local Schools Bluffton Bread Company Buckle Chiles-Laman Funeral Home Cincinnati Financial Companies Circle K Cleveland Pops Orchestra Coldren-Crates Funeral Home Cooper Tire Crown Equipment Dayton Dragons E.S. Evans Company Emerson Great Lakes Cheese Green Line Polymers/ADS Hellman CPA Ingersoll Rand

Latin American Youth Center Lima City Schools Marathon Petroleum Mary Rutan Hospital Menards  Mennonite Home Communities  Nationwide Insurance NOW Marketing Group Ohio Mutual Insurance Ohio State Auditor O-I Progressive Insurance Quicken Loans Rea & Associates Reineke Family Dealerships Speedway USA Football Wannemacher Total Logistics Wauseon Machine & Manufacturing Wright Patterson AF Base YMCA

Students interested in an internship should contact Jason Swartzlander, director of internships, during their junior or senior year at Bluffton for more information.

 

Student activities

Many opportunities exist to get to know your classmates and professors outside of the classroom, to network and put your book-learning to work. 

• STUDENT INVESTMENT CLUB
  Students get hands on experience in learning about investments through the management of one of the university's endowment funds. >>>more
• BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY BUSINESS LEADERS (BUBL)
  BUBL's mission is to provide participants the opportunity to gain broader perspectives and insights into the business field through meetings, activities, speakers, and field trips. >>>more

 

MENNONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (MEDA) CONFERENCE
Bluffton business students regularly attend the annual Mennonite Economic Development Associates conference. Students attend sessions on the ways community, business and leadership merge to demonstrate how business can improve society. and network with business professionals and community leaders.